tefillin

So long, ‘amulet.’ Hello, ‘phylactery.’ The Met Museum has updated that tefillin description.

The revision came days after Twitter users criticized the New York museum’s labeling.

By Philissa Cramer July 28, 2020 3:07 pm

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Twitter debate ensues after Metropolitan Museum of Art labels tefillin as Egyptian amulet

It is listed as part of the museum’s Islamic art department.

July 26, 2020 9:59 pm

Study shows regular tefillin use can protect men during heart attacks

Wrapping and unwrapping the leather straps may restrict blood flow — and precondition the heart to oxygen deprivation.

October 15, 2018 2:37 pm

Hitler remark sparked her airport tirade, Israeli woman says

May 31, 2018 10:55 am

Video shows woman berating man for putting on tefillin at Israeli airport

May 30, 2018 10:32 am

Thieves nab yeshiva boys’ luggage, tefillin during Chicago visit

June 15, 2017 12:19 pm

NY Jewish man arrested for trying to lure teen boys with notes in tefillin bags

March 31, 2017 12:11 pm

Hasidic volunteers search 300 tons of garbage for lost tefillin, come up empty

November 17, 2016 1:51 pm

USC Chabad center robbed of electronics, 3 sets of tefillin

July 18, 2016 5:03 am

Texas death-row inmate wraps tefillin for first time

February 17, 2016 2:19 pm

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